Sphecioses | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Sphecioses D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007 |
Species: | S. acignathus |
Binomial name | |
Sphecioses acignathus D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007 | |
Sphecioses is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Sphecioses acignathus, which is found in Venezuela. [1]
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body when at rest. They are particularly common in the Palaearctic, but many occur elsewhere, and some are found very widely as introduced species.
Monopis imella is a moth of the family Tineidae found in Europe.
Tinea pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth, is a species of tineoid moth in the family Tineidae, the fungus moths. This species has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide.
Pontodryas is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Cimitra is a genus of moths belonging to the family of Tineidae. Most species of this genus are found in Africa but Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864 is found in Southeast Asia.
Wegneria is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Agnathosia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Bathroxena is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Timaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Nemaxera is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. The genus is considered monotypic, with the single species Nemaxera betulinella placed here.
Graphicoptila is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Tineomigma is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Apreta is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Apreta paradoxella, which is found in California.
Cervaria is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Cervaria xylinella, which is found in India. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1866.
Euprora is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Euprora argentiliniella, which is found in the southern parts of the United States, including Texas and Florida.
Miarotagmata is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Miarotagmata penetrata, which is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Pyloetis is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It consists of only one species, Pyloetis mimosae, which is found in Asia, including Japan and Taiwan.
Scardia is a genus of the fungus moth family (Tineidae). Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Scardiinae, of which it is the type genus. Several of the species placed here in earlier times have been moved to other genera of the subfamily, e.g. Amorophaga, Montescardia, and Morophaga.
Tinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Established as one of the first subgroups of "Phalaena", it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few moths nowadays placed elsewhere.
Karsholtia is a genus of moths of the family Tineidae. The genus contains the single species Karsholtia marianii. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France and on Sicily.